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G. A. BODEE.

LAMP BURNER No. 593,454. Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

/NVE/VTOH $a/M ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. BODEE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAM P-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 593,454, dated November 9, 1897.

Application filed July 31, 1897- Serial-No. 646,607. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. BoDEE, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Lamp-Burner, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to burners for oillamps; and the object is to provide a burner with a chimney-gallery having a removable portion underneath the chimney, whereby by moving said movable portion to an open position a match may be inserted for lighting the wick, thus rendering it unnecessary to lift or remove the chimney.

I will describe a lamp-burner embodying my invention, and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lampburner embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view, showing the movable portion as open.

On the burner 1 is mounted a gallery-base consisting of two segmental sections 2 3. The section 2 is rigidly attached to the burner, and the section 3 is mounted to swing relatively thereto. As here shown, the section 3 has a pivotal connection 4 with the section 2, so as to swing on a horizontal plane. Extended outward from the fixed section 2 is an arm 5, having a finger-plate 6 on its end, and extended outward from the movable section 3 is an arm 7, having a finger-plate 8 on its end. A spring 9 is connected at one end to the arm 5 and at the other end to the arm 7. This spring serves to hold the movable portion of the gallery-base yieldingly in its closed position.

Extended upward from the fixed section 2 are pairs ofchimney-holding fingers 1O 11.

The inner fingers 10 are designed to engage' the inner side of a chimney, and the fingers 11 are designed to engage the outer surface of the chimney. By this construction it is obvious that lateral displacement of the chimneywill be prevented. I

In operation when it is desired to light the wick a pressure on the arms 5 and 7 will swing the section 3 outward, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that a match may be inserted through the lower end of the chimney.

For the purpose of bracing the movable portion 3 a plate 12 is attached to the burner and engages against the under side of the movable portion, and as a further means of support the free end of the movable portion may be made to overlap the end of the fixed portion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a lamp-burner, of a chimney-gallery comprising a fixed section, a horizontally-swinging section, arms exten ded from the sections, and a spring for holding the swinging section yieldingly in its closed position, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a lamp-burner, of a chimney-gallery having a base consisting of a fixed section and a swinging section, arms extended from the sections, a spring connecting the sections, and chimney-holding fingers on the fixed sect-ion, substantially as specified.

GEORGE A. BODEE.

Witnesses:

RALPH BARUTH, EDWARD A. BoDEE. 

